Let's get reeeaaadddyyy to RRUUUMMMBBBLLLEE

[nortexsook]

That time of year

Started rolling in (counted 23 combines parked around town)

For those of you that like the other color:

 

[kolanuraven]

When I was spending time in and about in Choteau MT...I LOVED to watch the journeymen combine outfits moving from town to town.

It was amazing to watch them all lined out in the fields in staggered line up.


It was exciting to me...but everyone else had that " oh yeah" attitude about it all!!!

 

[Anonymous]

I was just talking yesterday to a local 19 year old sweetie that is out of college on summer break-- and she said she'd just got a call from Texas to head down to go to work with a custom combine crew.....They were about ready to start up......

 

[Soapweed]

All this "harvesting" is hard to believe. We haven't even had to mow our house yard yet. The cattle in this country are living on memories of hay and dreams of grass. A rain would be very welcome. :wink:

 

[Faster horses]

The weather is supposed to change, Soapweed. So I hope you get some moisture. Every day is one day closer to rain... :?

 

[Mike]

All this "harvesting" is hard to believe. We haven't even had to mow our house yard yet. The cattle in this country are living on memories of hay and dreams of grass. A rain would be very welcome. :wink:

The weather diversity in the USA is pretty amazing.

I saw a big field of corn about head high the other day.

Wheat is being cut around here right now also and we've been haying for about 3 weeks.

 

[Anonymous]

All this "harvesting" is hard to believe. We haven't even had to mow our house yard yet. The cattle in this country are living on memories of hay and dreams of grass. A rain would be very welcome. :wink:

Yep- and around me some of the spring wheat is just now being seeded...

Spitting a little rain here- cold east wind- temp 54- and the weather boys say we have a chance of getting rain from now thru Sat....

 

[RobertMac]

All this "harvesting" is hard to believe. We haven't even had to mow our house yard yet. The cattle in this country are living on memories of hay and dreams of grass. A rain would be very welcome. :wink:

It's your own fault you live where grass doesn't grow! :wink: :wink:
I've been mowing pasture for weeks and the house yard is now getting it weekly.

 

[Soapweed]

All this "harvesting" is hard to believe. We haven't even had to mow our house yard yet. The cattle in this country are living on memories of hay and dreams of grass. A rain would be very welcome. :wink:

It's your own fault you live where grass doesn't grow! :wink: :wink:
I've been mowing pasture for weeks and the house yard is now getting it weekly.

It used to rain in this country in May. The last "normal" spring we had was in 2001, and on the 25th of July that year we got a terrible hailstorm along with several inches of rain. The pastures were pulverized, and that was the last rain we got that year. Conditions have been drier than normal ever since. You don't have to go very far east of here and conditions are quite a little better.

Oh well, someday it will rain again. I even saw a turtle on the road yesterday, and that is always a good indication of rain.

 

[jigs]

All this "harvesting" is hard to believe. We haven't even had to mow our house yard yet. The cattle in this country are living on memories of hay and dreams of grass. A rain would be very welcome. :wink:

It's your own fault you live where grass doesn't grow! :wink: :wink:
I've been mowing pasture for weeks and the house yard is now getting it weekly.

It used to rain in this country in May. The last "normal" spring we had was in 2001, and on the 25th of July that year we got a terrible hailstorm along with several inches of rain. The pastures were pulverized, and that was the last rain we got that year. Conditions have been drier than normal ever since. You don't have to go very far east of here and conditions are quite a little better.

Oh well, someday it will rain again. I even saw a turtle on the road yesterday, and that is always a good indication of rain.

I was always told that in times of drought, all signs are thrown out.

 

[RobertMac]

All this "harvesting" is hard to believe. We haven't even had to mow our house yard yet. The cattle in this country are living on memories of hay and dreams of grass. A rain would be very welcome. :wink:

It's your own fault you live where grass doesn't grow! :wink: :wink:
I've been mowing pasture for weeks and the house yard is now getting it weekly.

It used to rain in this country in May. The last "normal" spring we had was in 2001, and on the 25th of July that year we got a terrible hailstorm along with several inches of rain. The pastures were pulverized, and that was the last rain we got that year. Conditions have been drier than normal ever since. You don't have to go very far east of here and conditions are quite a little better.

Oh well, someday it will rain again. I even saw a turtle on the road yesterday, and that is always a good indication of rain.

Abnormal weather seems to be the "norm" ! :???:
Hope you get some rain soon.

 

[jodywy]

got the meadoqws dragged here would have finished dragging the al;falfa today but it rained and snowed. There some barley planted here but not much. We suppost to go on the Forest the ^th but bet it get set back at least one week.Snow down on the moutain tonight around 6500 ft.

 

[CattleArmy]

The wind is blowing here like crazy. With the late frost, hot wind, and lack of moisture we keep looking at meadows wondering if it's even gonna be worth haying. Fencing at summer and the grass is barely coming. :shock:

 

[Shelly]

Same here, CattleArmy. Lots of wind, not much of a hay crop growing, and no grass to speak of in the pastures.

 

[RobertMac]

Soapweed, get rain???

 

[CattleArmy]

We got lots of rain last night. It was raining so hard it was splashing out of the gutters and it is raining again this morning.

 

[I Luv Herfrds]

Since it started raining wed. afternoon we are just under 2" of rain here.

 

[Always Learnin]

Last weekend we had temps in the 90's. Too hot and to dry for the grass.
Woke up to 2 inches of snow and have almost four inches right now with no signs of clearing Yay!

 

[jigs]

I dumped 2 1/2 inches of rain out of the guage this morning.... good for the crops, but we had 400 acres of hay on the ground....

 

[Soapweed]

Soapweed, get rain???

We did. I am happy to report that we were blessed with an even two inches of wonderful rain. Yesterday, Peach Blossom and I attended the annual Sandhills Cattle Convention which was held in North Platte. It rained down there all day, and everyone was in high spirits to get the moisture. The bullfrogs singing in the newly formed ponds make up just about the sweetest sounding symphony that an old cowboy can hear.